----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Carefoot <carefoot@tsl.state.tx.us> To: <yepido@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 2:07 PM Subject: FW: Pensions > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Carefoot [mailto:carefoot@tsl.state.tx.us] > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 1:55 PM > To: 'yepido@wordnet.att.net' > Subject: Pensions > > > Dear Ms. Corbett: > > Texas did grant Old Age Assistance Pensions unconnected with military > service. The program was originally administered by the Board of > Control, then passed to the Old Age Assistance Commission when it was > created in 1936. When the Commission was replaced by the Department of > Human Resources (now the Department of Human Services) in 1939, the new > agency took over the pensions. > > We have been told by the agency that all applications and personal > records connected with the pensions have been destroyed. > > Archival Services Staff/jc > Texas State Library and Archives Commission > archinfo@tsl.state.tx.us > 512-463-5480 > http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/lobby > > > > >